Mark 12:33
And that to love Him with all one's heart, with all one's understanding, and with all one's strength, and to love one's neighbor the same way he loves himself, are far more [important] than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices [in the world]."
John 16:24
Up until now you have not asked for anything in my name. [So now] ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be complete.
John 21:17
Then Jesus asked him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you [truly] love me?" Peter was sad because Jesus had asked him a third time, "Do you [even] love me?" So, he said to Jesus, "Lord, you know all things. You [surely] know that I love you." Jesus replied to him, "[Then] feed my sheep.
1 John 4:19
We love [God and others] because God has first loved us.
1 John 5:2-3
This is [one] way we know that we love God's [spiritually reborn] children: [It is] when we love God and obey what He commands us to do.